Proverbs 12:25
New International Version
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.

New Living Translation
Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.

English Standard Version
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Berean Standard Bible
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

King James Bible
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

New King James Version
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.

New American Standard Bible
Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad.

NASB 1995
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad.

NASB 1977
Anxiety in the heart of a man weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad.

Legacy Standard Bible
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad.

Amplified Bible
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.

Christian Standard Bible
Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.

American Standard Version
Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A fearful word troubles the heart of a man and a good word gladdens it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him.

Contemporary English Version
Worry is a heavy burden, but a kind word always brings cheer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

English Revised Version
Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A person's anxiety will weigh him down, but an encouraging word makes him joyful.

Good News Translation
Worry can rob you of happiness, but kind words will cheer you up.

International Standard Version
A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; But a good word maketh it glad.

Literal Standard Version
Sorrow in the heart of a man bows down, | And a good word makes him glad.

Majority Standard Bible
Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up.

New American Bible
Worry weighs down the heart, but a kind word gives it joy.

NET Bible
Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

New Revised Standard Version
Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.

New Heart English Bible
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Webster's Bible Translation
Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

World English Bible
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

Young's Literal Translation
Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

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Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
24The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. 25Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it up. 26A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.…

Cross References
Proverbs 12:26
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.


Treasury of Scripture

Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.

heaviness

Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

Proverbs 15:13,15,23
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken…

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

but

Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 15:23
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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(25) Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop.--But, as this is not favourable to the spiritual life, we have warnings against excessive anxiety (Matthew 6:34), and exhortations to cast all our care upon God (1Peter 5:7; Psalm 37:5) as a religious duty, that trusting in Him, and so having from Him the "peace which the world cannot give," our hearts may be "set to obey" His commandments.

Verse 25. - Heaviness - care - in the heart of man maketh it stoop (Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22). Care brings dejection and despair; hence the Christian is bidden to beware of excessive anxiety, and not to perplex himself with solicitude for the future (Matthew 6:84; 1 Peter 5:7). A good word maketh it glad.

Λύπην γὰρ εὔνους οϊδεν ἰᾶσθαι λόγος.

"A word of kindness grief's keen smart can heal." Septuagint, "A word of terror disturbs the heart of a (righteous) man, but a good message will gladden him." The "word of terror" may be an unjust censure, or evil tidings. Says a Servian proverb, "Give me a comrade who will weep with me; one who will laugh I can easily find."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Anxiety
דְּאָגָ֣ה (də·’ā·ḡāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1674: Anxiety, anxious care

weighs down
יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה (yaš·ḥen·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

the heart
בְלֶב־ (ḇə·leḇ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of a man,
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but a good
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

word
וְדָבָ֖ר (wə·ḏā·ḇār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

cheers it up.
יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃ (yə·śam·mə·ḥen·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome


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